General Motors has announced to resume the production at a Louisiana pickup truck plant. The announcement was made a week after the company was shut done due to shortage of parts from Japan. The plant in Shreveport, Louisiana was the first United States where the production was closed down as a result of earthquake and resulting tsunami. The G. M. plant employs 925 people.

According to the findings of a research, led by Jim Cardelli of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, a green tea extract – epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) – with anti-oxidant properties can prove effective in slowing the progression of prostate cancer.